All publications related to public sector finance

How the relationship between UK public sector monthly income and expenditure leads to changes in deficit and debt.

Information on recent and upcoming changes to our public sector finance statistics.

Useful background information underlying the Public sector finance statistical bulletin, explaining the challenges we face in measuring the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on tax receipts.

Public sector revenue, expenditure and net fiscal balance on a country and regional basis.

Comparison of the public sector net borrowing estimates published in the public sector finances bulletin and the national accounts.

Outlining what the Office for National Statistics sees as areas for future development in the public sector finances.

Defines and explains the main characteristics that lead to the classification of a transaction as a tax or a fee in the national accounts and public sector finances, and describes their effects on economic indicators and the operation of government.

An update to previous wider measures of government debt articles.

Explains our decision to treat the issuance of the UK student loans as a combination of government expenditure and a financial transaction.